JP2008118230A - Communication terminal, and communication history data display control method and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it easy for a user of a communication terminal such as a mobile phone to retrieve history data showing a history of communications by displaying the history data. <P>SOLUTION: The communication terminal including a storage unit 5 which stores the history data showing the communication history and a display unit 3 which displays the history data stored in the storage unit 5 includes a control unit 1 which performs control to selectively display only data after a day that the user specifies among the history data in the storage unit 5 without displaying the data before the specified day. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal, a communication history data display control method, and a program thereof, and more particularly, to a data display method for displaying history data indicating a communication history in a mobile phone or the like.

  In mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones, information such as phonebooks and bookmarks can be registered in the memory, and when there is an incoming call, a phone number that matches the caller ID is entered from the phonebook. By searching, the name of the caller recorded corresponding to this telephone number is displayed on the display unit to inform the user. Also, when a user makes a call, it is possible to make a call even if the user does not remember the phone number by searching for the name of the other party who wants to call from the phone book. .

  In addition, for e-mail, an address book is registered in the memory, so that e-mail transmission and reception is simplified as described above. Furthermore, bookmarks can be accessed quickly and accurately without entering a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) by registering Internet homepages and sites.

  In such a mobile communication terminal, when the number of registered data such as a telephone directory increases, it is not easy to search for a telephone number, an e-mail address, a URL, etc. desired by the user. Therefore, in Patent Document 1, a memory for storing a telephone directory is divided into a display target group area and a candidate group area. The display target group area includes history data (phone number, name, A technique is disclosed that makes it easier for a user to search by storing history data that is newer than a call origination / determination date and displaying only history data in a display target group area on a display unit.

  Further, referring to Patent Document 2, when displaying a URL of a bookmark, a URL whose access date is old is displayed with a different display mode (color or shape) so as to be different from a display mode of a new URL. Thus, a technique that is easy for the user to see is disclosed.

JP 2004-304626 A JP 2005-339356 A

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, a memory serving as a telephone directory is divided into a display target group area and a candidate group area. When the display target group is full, the oldest history data in the display target group is displayed as a candidate group. It is supposed to change to. That is, when the capacity of the display target group area is exceeded, the old history data is automatically moved to the candidate group area, so that only the history data within a certain date, for example, within one year can be selectively selected. The history data desired by the user cannot be selectively displayed, for example, when it is desired to be displayed on the screen.

  In the technique of Patent Document 2, since the new URL and the old URL are displayed with different display modes, as in the case of Patent Document 1, the date within the date desired by the user is used. Not only can data not be selectively displayed, but all URLs are displayed, so that the search is still not easy for the user.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an environment in which a user can more easily search history data by selectively displaying only new data within a date desired by the user when displaying history data indicating a communication history. And providing a communication history data display control method and program.

  The communication terminal according to the present invention is a communication terminal including storage means for storing history data indicating a communication history, and display means for displaying the stored history data, and among the history data in the storage means, It includes control means for controlling the display of only the remaining new data while hiding the old data before the specified date.

  A communication history data display control method according to the present invention is a history data display control method in a communication terminal including storage means for storing history data indicating a communication history, and display means for displaying the stored history data, It includes a control step of controlling only display of the remaining new data while hiding the old data before the specified date among the history data in the storage means.

  A program according to the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a history data display control method in a communication terminal including storage means for storing history data indicating a communication history and display means for displaying the stored history data. In addition, it includes a process of controlling display of only the remaining new data while hiding the old data before the specified date among the history data in the storage means.

  According to the present invention, since only new history data within the date desired by the user is selectively displayed, there is an effect that the user's history data can be retrieved more quickly and easily. Moreover, since the historical data before the date is less important for the user, it is less necessary to display the historical data, so this less necessary data can be made invisible to the user. There is an effect that only necessary history data can be displayed.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and a case of a mobile phone will be described as an example. Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile phone 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 1, a wireless communication unit 2, a display unit 3, an operation unit 4, and a storage unit 5. .

  The control unit 1 controls each of the units 2 to 5 and is a CPU (computer) that controls the operation of each unit in accordance with a preprogrammed control procedure. The wireless communication unit 2 performs wireless communication of voice signals and other various signals, incoming / outgoing calls, signal processing at the time of e-mail transmission / reception, and the like. The display unit 3 displays the contents of the phone book registered in the storage unit 5, and when there is an incoming call, the caller's phone number or the name registered in the phone book that matches the phone number Is displayed.

  The operation unit 4 includes a group of operation keys including a keypad, and performs various instructions and inputs by the user, such as display operation of a registered phone book and bookmark, transmission, and Internet connection operation. In the display operation, it is possible to select an “all data display mode” and an “old data non-display mode” to be described later. The storage unit 5 stores user data such as a telephone directory and bookmarks, and setting values (which can be set by the user) that determine which data is old data to be hidden when “old data non-display mode” is selected. This saves various setting values.

  In the block diagram of FIG. 1, only functions necessary for the present invention are shown for simplification, and it is a matter of course that there are various functions necessary for the mobile phone 10 in addition to this.

  The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, when there is a data display instruction from the operation unit 4, the control unit 1 determines which one of “all data display mode” and “old data non-display mode” is selected (step S01). When the “old data non-display mode” is selected, the control unit 1 controls the storage unit 5 to read a set value for determining which data is not to be displayed and calculate a specified date (step S02). .

  Here, the “set value” and the “specified date” will be described using an example. The “set value” is a value set in advance by the user. For example, in the “old data non-display mode”, when old data (history data) before one year is not displayed, one year is set. “Set value”. The “specified date” is a date one year before the “set value” from today's date. For example, if today is August 1, 2006, August 1, 2005 is “the specified date”. "

  Next, the control unit 1 determines whether there is data to be displayed in the storage unit 5 (step S03). If there is no display target data, the control unit 1 ends. If there is, the last use date of the data (history data is shown in FIG. 4). As shown, the last use date is recorded correspondingly) (step S04). If there is new data on the basis of the specified date, the data is read and displayed on the display unit 3 (steps S04, S05). The processing of steps S03 to S06 is repeated until there is no display target.

  In the display in step S06, the display mode may be changed according to the last use date of the data, that is, according to the period from the last use date to the present (today). For example, when the last use date exceeds a certain number of days (30 days), the user can more easily search for data by reducing the display font size, changing the font itself, or changing the color.

  If "all data display mode" is selected in step S01, the control unit 1 reads all display target data from the storage unit 5 and displays it on the display unit 3 (step S07). Also in this case, as in step S06, the display mode may be changed according to the period from the last use date to the present date.

  The rewriting of the usage date of the history data is performed according to the procedure of FIG. That is, when the control unit 1 detects use of data in the storage unit 5 (step S11), the last use date of the data is rewritten to the date when it was used and stored again in the storage unit 5 (step S11). S12).

  The above operation will be described using a specific example. For example, it is assumed that history data indicating a communication history as illustrated in FIG. 4 is registered in the storage unit 5 in advance. Also, in the “old data non-display mode”, it is assumed that “setting value” is set so that old data older than one year is not displayed, and today is August 1, 2006. In FIG. 4, the number is the data number, the name is the name of the communication partner, the telephone number is the communication partner's phone number, the address is the communication partner's e-mail address, and the last use date is the number of incoming / outgoing calls. Each last day is shown.

  First, the control unit 1 receives the following data display instruction from the operation unit 4. It is assumed that the data display instruction is “display target data: row” and “display mode: old data non-display mode”. Therefore, the control unit 1 detects that the display instruction is in the old data non-display mode, reads a set value that determines which data is not to be displayed from the storage unit 5, and calculates a prescribed date. Here, August 1, 2005 is the specified date (steps S01 and S02).

  And the control part 1 acquires the last use date with respect to the display object data 01 (FIG. 4) memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 5 by controlling the memory | storage part 5 (step S03, S04). Data 01 is displayed on the display unit 4 since the last use date is July 1, 2006 and is newer than the specified date (steps S05 and S06). Next, the control unit 1 obtains the last use date for the display target data 02 (FIG. 4) registered in the storage unit 5, and the last use date is April 1, 2005. Since the data is older than the date, the data 02 is not displayed. Further, the same processing is performed on the display target data 03 (FIG. 4), and since the data is newer than the specified date, the data 03 is displayed.

  When there is no display target data, the control unit 1 ends the process. At this time, the control unit 1 displays the data by changing the display mode according to the period from the last use date of each data to the present. For example, if the last use date exceeds 30 days from today, the display font is made smaller. In this example, since the data 03 (FIG. 4) corresponds to this, the display font is made smaller than the data 01. Also, the font itself can be changed and the display color can be changed.

  When the data display instruction is “display target data: row A” and “display mode: all data display mode”, the control unit 1 displays the display target data 01 to 03 (FIG. 4) on the display unit 4. (Steps S01 and S06). Also at this time, the display mode can be changed and displayed according to the last use date of each data.

  According to the present embodiment, when displaying data indicating the communication history in the storage unit, the old data is not displayed, thereby facilitating user data search and separating display / non-display. The degree of freedom of display is improved by allowing the user to set a setting value for determining the specified date and select the all data display mode and the old data non-display mode. Furthermore, when the data is displayed, if the display mode is changed according to the last use date of the data, the search by the user becomes easier.

  5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention. Note that the functional blocks of the mobile phone 10 in the present embodiment are the same as those in the example of FIG. In this embodiment, maintenance of history data is automatically performed, the last use date of each data is compared with a specified date, data used before the specified date is detected, and the data is used. It moves to the area (folder) dedicated to old data.

  Referring to FIG. 5, when there is a maintenance request from the user via the operation unit 4 (step S21), a set date for determining whether to display data is read from the storage unit 5 and a specified date is calculated (step S22). . Next, the last use date of the data is acquired for the maintenance target data (steps S23 and S24). If the last use date is earlier than the specified date, the data is moved to a specific dedicated folder. (Steps S25 and S26).

  Referring to FIG. 6, when the control unit 1 detects use of history data (step S31), the last use date of the data stored in the storage unit 5 is updated (step S32). If the area where the data is stored is a folder dedicated to old data, the area is transferred to a normal area (folder) (steps S33 and S34).

  The above operation will be described using a specific example. It is assumed that history data as shown in FIG. 4 is registered in the storage unit 5. It is assumed that a value that a set value for determining which data is not displayed is one year before is registered in the storage unit 5 in advance. Also in this example, it is assumed that the current date is August 1, 2006.

  When there is a maintenance instruction from the user (step S21), the control unit 1 reads a set value that determines which data is not displayed from the storage unit 5 and calculates a specified date (step S22). Here, August 1, 2005 is the prescribed date. The control unit 1 acquires the data last use date for the maintenance target data 01 (FIG. 4) (steps S23 and S24). Since the last use date in this case is July 1, 2006, this data 01 is not data before the specified date, so that this data is not moved to the dedicated folder (step S25).

  Next, the last use date of data is acquired for the maintenance target data 02 (steps S23 and S24). In this case, since the last use date is April 1, 2005, the data 02 is data before the specified date, and thus the data is moved to a dedicated folder (steps S25 and S26). Further, similar processing is performed on the maintenance target data 03 and 04, and the data 03 and 04 are not moved to the dedicated folder because they are not data before the specified date. When the processing is completed for all data, the maintenance operation ends.

  With reference to FIG. 6, the update process of the last use date at the time of data use is demonstrated. In the registration data of FIG. 4, it is assumed that data 01, 03, 04 is registered in the normal area and data 02 is registered in the old data dedicated area (folder). When an incoming call is detected and the caller number is “090-2345-6789”, the control unit 1 searches the telephone directory for data that matches the telephone number. At this time, since the data 02 matches, the control unit 1 displays the name of the data 02 on the screen of the display unit 3. Then, the control unit 1 detects that the data 02 is used (step S31), and rewrites and updates the last use date of the data 02 on today's August 1, 2006 (step S32). Move from the dedicated area to the normal area (steps S33 and S34).

  By doing so, the history data is automatically maintained, and the history data can be updated.

  In the above-described embodiment, the user's instruction of “all data display mode” or “old data non-display mode” may be designated every time it is displayed, or set in advance in the storage unit 5. You may register. In the latter case, the control unit 1 refers to this setting information in the storage unit 5 and performs a processing operation.

  In addition, a period for determining whether or not the data is old (a set value for determining which data is not displayed) may be registered in the storage unit 5 in advance, or may be instructed by the user each time. In the former case, the user can change the set value at any time. In addition, the user may directly input the specified date instead of inputting the set value. In short, it is only necessary to specify that the branch date between the new data and the old data is known.

  In the flow shown in FIG. 2, the method of changing the display mode such as the display font, the color, and the size according to the last use date when the history data in steps S06 and S07 is displayed has been described. As a method, it is conceivable to change the display page. For example, data whose last use date exceeds 30 days is displayed on the second page and thereafter, and the latest data within 30 days is displayed on the first page. That is, the display order can be rearranged according to the last use date. Furthermore, these display examples (display mode and rearrangement of display order) can be combined.

  It is obvious that the operation flow described in each of the above embodiments can be configured such that the operation procedure is stored in advance in a recording medium such as a ROM as a program and is read and executed by a CPU (computer). . In the above description, the mobile phone 10 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to communication terminals such as general fixed telephones in addition to mobile communication terminals.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Wireless communication part 3 Display part 4 Operation part 5 Memory | storage part 10 Mobile telephone

Claims (17)

  A communication terminal including storage means for storing history data indicating a communication history and display means for displaying the stored history data, wherein the oldest data before the specified date among the history data in the storage means And a control means for controlling only the remaining new data to be displayed.   2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control means is capable of selecting an all data display mode for displaying all history data, in addition to an old data non-display mode for displaying only the new data. .   3. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the designated date and the display mode can be selected by a user operation.   The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control means changes the display mode according to the last use date of history data to be displayed.   The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control means rearranges the display order according to the last use date of history data to be displayed.   6. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control means stores the old data in an area different from the storage area for the new data in the storage means.   7. The communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein when the data stored in the other area is used, the control means moves the data to the new data storage area.   The last use date is registered in the history data in the storage means, and the control means updates the last use date of the history data when the history data is used. The communication terminal in any one of 1-7.   A history data display control method in a communication terminal including a storage means for storing history data indicating a communication history and a display means for displaying the stored history data. A method comprising a control step of controlling display of only the remaining new data while hiding old data before the due date.   The control step includes a step of selecting, by user designation, an all data display mode for displaying all history data in addition to an old data non-display mode for displaying only the new data. 9. The method according to 9.   11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the designated date is designated by a user.   The method according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the control step includes a step of changing the display mode according to the last use date of the history data to be displayed.   The method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the control step comprises a step of rearranging and displaying the display order according to the last use date of the history data to be displayed.   The method according to claim 9, wherein the control step includes a step of storing the old data in a region different from a storage region of the new data in the storage unit.   15. The method according to claim 14, wherein when the data stored in the other area is used, the control step includes a step of moving the data to the new data storage area.   The history data in the storage means has its last use date registered, and when the history data is used, the control step has a step of updating the last use date of the history data. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 15.   A program for causing a computer to execute a history data display control method in a communication terminal including storage means for storing history data indicating a communication history and display means for displaying the stored history data, the storage means A program characterized by including a process of controlling display of only the remaining new data while hiding the old data before the specified date among the history data within.

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